Research Guide for Special Education

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Library Catalogs

• ACORN
• KUDZU
• ATHENA
• WorldCat

Article Databases

• ERIC (Free)
• ERIC (CSA)
• Education Abstracts FTX
• Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
• Child Care & Early Education Research Connections
• PsycINFO New interface!
• More Peabody databases
• Heard Libraries main database list

Background Sources

• Encyclopedia of Special Education
  Reference LC 4007 .E53 2007
• Special Education Almanac
  Reference LC 3981 .S577 2006
• Handbook of Reading Research
  Reference LB 1050 .H278

Web Sites

• Council for Exceptional Children
• Learning Disabilities Association
• Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
• The Susan Gray School

Testing Databases

• Mental Measurements Yearbook
• HaPI: Health & Psychosocial Instruments
• Tests & Measures in the Social Sciences

Organizing Your Research

• Basic APA Style Guide
• APA Interactive Tutorial
• APA style manual: Reference BF76.7 P83 2001
• APA Formatting & Style Guide by the University of Wisconsin at Madison Writing Center
• Peabody EndNote Guide (pdf)
• Heard Libraries EndNote Help
• Connect to EndNote Web through ISI Web of Knowledge

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